{"id":501,"date":"2010-07-22T22:11:53","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T22:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayerplainandsimple\/2010\/07\/rick-warren-blinded-temporarily-by-firestick-plant.html"},"modified":"2010-07-22T22:11:53","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T22:11:53","slug":"rick-warren-blinded-temporarily-by-firestick-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2010\/07\/rick-warren-blinded-temporarily-by-firestick-plant.html","title":{"rendered":"Rick Warren Blinded Temporarily by Firestick Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-none\" alt=\"firestick-plant.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/224\/import\/firestick-plant.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"584\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Pastor Rick Warren was hospitalized today when he suffered an eye-injury while gardening at his home. Reportedly, the sap of a firestick plant got into Warren&#8217;s eyes when he wiped his brow. The sap can cause temporary blindness. <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\">The 56-year-old pastor sent a message to his Twitter followers asking for their prayers. &#8220;My eyes were severely burned,&#8221; Warren Tweeted. &#8220;Excruciating pain.&#8221; He was treated overnight and then released from Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo. <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Rick Warren is the founder of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest in Orange County and the author of the multimillion-selling book &#8220;Purpose Driven Life.&#8221; <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><strong>&#8220;God bless Pastor Rick Warren. We thank you for his life and his leadership in the Christian community. Thank you for using him to lead many people to you and to instruct Jesus-followers everywhere in the simple but costly ways of discipleship. Bring healing to him and use this painful injury in some constructive way.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>In Jesus&#8230;&#8221; <\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Rick Warren was hospitalized today when he suffered an eye-injury while gardening at his home. Reportedly, the sap of a firestick plant got into Warren&#8217;s eyes when he wiped his brow. The sap can cause temporary blindness. 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